There is convincing evidence that Taylor Swift's new album will drop this month

• Taylor Swift has made a habit of announcing albums
in October.• Swift tweeted about her upcoming performance at
the Formula 1 Grand Prix.
• She may perform new music at this time.

I don't know about you, but I am absolutely dying to know
whether Taylor Swift will actually
release a new album in 2016. Many theories have been pointing to Oct. 22 as the magical
date when Swift will either announce or release a new album,
because it will have been two years since 1989 was
released. But, is there really any truth to the matter? Well,
it's fair to say that many a fan's spidey senses are tingling
right now because the two-year mark is fast approaching — not to
mention, we all know that, previously, Swift's made it a habit to
announce albums in October, so now would the time for another
such announcement to drop. The only caveat here is that Swift has
often released the lead single from an album ahead of the
traditional October announcement, and there's been no such
activity this time around.

But, Swift's latest tweet about her
performance at the upcoming Formula 1 Grand Prix has left me
pondering if this event will be her platform to perform new
music, make an album announcement or both. I, for one, am firmly
in this camp. It would be an unconventional move for Swift, but
it would also be a headline-making move. Most of all, this could
be the kind of publicity she needs to shift the focus from her
personal life back to her musical career.

Considering the eventful year (and that's putting it mildly) that Swift
has had thus far, it's a little tough to judge exactly what she
is planning unless she has explicitly announced it, because she
has had to stay mum on many of the events in her personal life
going so virally public. As such, those big album rumors have
remained precisely that — rumors – and Swift has kept very mum
about whether any new music will indeed be dropping.

Bottom line: it's been a hot, hot minute since we last heard
anything remotely musical from the Swift camp (excluding her work on Calvin Harris' "This Is What You Came
For"), so for her to at least play some new music at the
Grand Prix would leave us Swifties cheering in our seats. We'll
have to wait and see.